The Year of the Moonmoth: A calendar for Haven and Hearth

[Dondy]

The end of the eternal summer has brought us the turn of the seasons, and the turn of the seasons bring us to observing the passing of the years. Now usually, in most cultures with a calendar and a planting season, the first day of a new year is marked as the first day of spring, or of the winter, but this is H & H and we do things differently. For us the year seems to have begun on the first day of autumn. This means that the first full year of the world has completed its cycle and is over and a new year, the second year of our world has begun.

This means we need a calendar.

I am not entirely impressed with getting to announce that my current character was born in the Year of the Mole, but I'm not particularly heroic, so I probably couldn't have lived up to being born in the Year of the Eagle, and any discussion of it having been Year of the Walrus will lead inevitably to bickering over if the plural form of the word Walrus is Walrii or Walruses or Walrus. We might have a similar problem when it comes to the Year of the Sheeps. So unless anyone here disagrees and has a good argument for why the first full year of this world should not have been Year of the Mole. I hereby announce that the official H & H calendar has been promulgated. (I'm only making this post so that I can use the word promulgated in the forum.)

Anno Portus atque Focis, the Heaven and Hearth Year numbering system, could be known as APQF for short, the way the Western world uses CE for their numbering system.

I would like to suggest that this year, the brave new year that we are embarking upon, full of hopes and dreams, rivalries and challenges, should be accepted as Year of the Moonmoth. I just caught three of them, so that seems like a strong omen. Thank God it wasn't Mammoths. I've got few enough hit points as it is.

APQF I : Year of the Mole
APQF II: Year of the Moonmoth

[Granny]

I like it!

The year of the moonmoth - it has a certain je ne sais quoi to it. Just awesome. I share your sentiments regarding Year of the mole. Next up->year of the Monarch?

[not_a_cat]

Not the year of Mopshond at least

Cool idea, i like these names.
As there is the discussion about hafen calendar, should we split Summer into three months or sub-seasons in order to have an year divided into equal intervals? Or should we just call it looong Summer?

[mvgulik]

Don't like.

Feels to much Chinese-like to me.

As in "The Chinese state that has, and still is, regularly accused of large-scale repression and human rights abuses".

Unless of course repression and human rights abuses (ie: abuse of power) only matter to you if it directly effects you in a negative way.


The problem with bullies is that they never stop on here own, and there always trying to expand there range of influence.
A bit late of course in this case, considering the western world 'made China great again' in there pursuit for cheap products.
Same goes for Climate change and Plastic soup, to just name two other western world initiated side effects in there commercial pursuits.

YouTube: Het Overheersbeestje

[shubla]

Year 1, Year 2 and so on
Month 1, Month 2 and so on
Summer, Spring, Winter, Autumn and so on
We don't need any special names for dates.

[pawnchito]

Ok. Can we keep one going somewhere then. Or start one on the wiki as a countdown to winter. Would be super helpful to the newbs and probably everyone else.

[MagicManICT]

start one on the wiki as a countdown to winter.

I think this is a good idea. Maybe people can post thoughts on the "upcoming year" here instead of just one person randomly making it up. One person picking them might not be a bad thing as long as there is some sort of consistent lore.